Fence-post.



W. T. HICKS.

FENCE POST.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 18. 1913.

1,244,607. Patented 00. 30,1917.

WILLIAM 'l. HICKS, OF BLOOMINGTON,.INDIANAQ n NcE-ro's'r.

Posts, of which the following is a specification.

In the manufacture and use of wire sup-' ports for posts of. thecharacter forming the subject matter of my Patent No. 1,045,- 027, somedifficulty may be encountered because the thickness of the fence wirebeing greater than the necessary thickness of the tie-plate will resultin the knuckle, or bent portion of the wire, bearing against the surfaceof the post and preventing said plate from laying smoothly and snuglyagainst the post, thus permitting foreign substances to accumulatebetween the plate and the post and also causing the knuckle, or crimp,in the wire to wear into the surface of the post and through the glazedor outer portion thereof, so as to admit moisture to the interior orcoarser structure of the core, with harmful results.

My said invention consists, therefore, in an improvement in the postwhereby these objections are overcome, all as will be hereinafter morefully described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof andon which similar reference characters indicate similar parts:

Figure l is a side elevation of a concrete fence post showing a seriesof fence wires supported thereon by my improved wire support, and thepost itself embodying the improvement above referred to,

Fig. 2 a perspective view of one of the wire supports of the characterused on this specially designed form of post and in conjunction withwhich the improvement is adapted to cooperate,

Fig. 3 a cross section through the post above one of the wire supports,as on the dotted line 3:3 in Fig. 1.

In said drawings the portions marked A represent the post; B the tie ofthe wire support; C the tie-plate thereof, and D the fence wires.

The post A is preferably formed of concrete, as indicated in Fig. 3,reinforced by a woven wire basket or form 10 embedded therein between afine concrete mixture 11,

Application filed January is, 1913. Serial nay 42,930.

Specification of Letters Patent: i Patehtg d 30, *7,

which formsthe exterior surface of the post/and a coarse concretemixture 12,

which forms its'core. v In the formation of said post the side againstwhich the tie-plate C is adapted to rest is preferably formedfi'at, butthecross I sectional form of the post is not material to my invention.Extending from top to bottom of said post, and formed when the same ismolded, is a vertical shallow crescent shaped, or concave, groove (1 ofa sufiicient depth to accommodate the knuckle, or crimp, d in the fencewires D.

In use the wire supports are applied to the posts in the same manner asdescribed in the above mentioned Letters Patent, the vertical groove apermitting them to be. placed in any position in relation to each otherthroughout the height of the posts with the knuckles din said groove a.The respective fence wires D are passed through a transverse slot 13 ina vertical corrugation 0 in the respective plates C and the pins 14 areinserted through said corrugations in front of said wires and throughthe crimp therein. The tongues 15 are bent down to impinge against thebent over ends of the ties B in the same manner as in the said abovementioned patent.

By means of this improvement the tie-' the weather and secure in itsattachments.

ordinarily, substantially conform to the contour of the groove a andthus prevent foreign substances from getting into said groove behind thetie-plates.

Having thus fully described my said invention What I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of a fence post formed with a smooth imperforate surfacehaving ed in, said socket and adapted to extend in 1 front of the crimpin the wire, and the wire mounted wlth its crimp registering with theCopies of this patent may be obtained for tical groove in the post,whereby the wire may be supported in or adjusted to any position desiredon said post and be out of wearing contact with its surface,substantially as set forth.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal atIndianapolis, Indiana, this 28th day of December, A. D. nineteen hundredand twelve.

WILLIAM T. HICKS. [L.S.]

l/Vitnesses: V I I 1 A. C. Bron,

I E W. BRADFORD.

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